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U.S. Daily Newspapers by Circulation Category

Number of Daily Newspapers
by Circulation

Dailies
Over 50,000
Year Total Under
50,000		 50,001 -
100,000		 100,001 -
250,000		 Over
250,000		 Number Percent
of Total
1950 1,772 1,571 82 84 35 201 11.3
1955 1,760 1,548 94 82 36 212 12.0
1960 1,763 1,540 96 83 44 223 12.6
1965 1,751 1,510 111 88 42 241 13.8
1970 1,748 1,491 127 92 38 257 14.7
1975 1,756 1,504 135 81 36 252 14.4
1980 1,745 1,479 145 86 35 266 15.2
1985 1,676 1,418 141 82 35 258 15.4
1990 1,611 1,343 143 82 43 268 16.6
1991 1,586 1,336 129 78 43 250 15.8
1992 1,570 1,323 132 72 43 247 15.7
1993 1,556 1,317 127 68 44 239 15.4
1994 1,548 1,308 129 70 41 240 15.5
1995 1,533 1,300 125 66 42 233 15.2
1996 1,520 1,289 126 64 41 231 15.2
1997 1,509 1,269 134 64 42 240 15.9
1998 1,489 1,258 128 64 39 234 15.7
2000 1,480 1,257 118 67 38 223 15.1
2001 1,468 1,250 113 65 40 218 14.9
2002 1,457 1,238 114 67 38 219 15.0
2003 1,456 1,239 114 67 36 217 14.9
Source: Editor & Publisher
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